mystas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mysta, mystae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Religion
initiate, one initiated in secret rites; priest at the mysteries (Cas);
acc. pl.nom. sg. - Entry →mystes, mystae:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
initiate, one initiated in secret rites; priest at the mysteries (Cas);
acc. pl.
Examples
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...pampineis redimitus tempora sertis; condita lasciui deducunt orgia mystae. Te Bassaridum comitata cohors nunc Edono pede pulsauit sola..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...soles euocat aestas et spiciferae concessa deae Attica mystas cludit Eleusin. nunc quoque casum quemcumque times, fidas comites..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...cursu cui semper anhelo votivam taciti quassamus lampada mystae, et vos, Tyndaridae, quos non horrenda Lycurgi Taygeta umbrosaeque..."
